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Hey guys,
I’ve read some screenplays from famous movies and I’ve constantly found the word «beat.» Does this word refer to any facial expression or mood? What does it mean?
Here are a couple of examples:
This is an extract of dialogue from the movie script «Inception» written by Christopher Nolan:
SAITO
That you’re here to steal from me?
(beat)
Or that we’re actually asleep?
The word «beat» in parenthesis is an indication for the actor.
This is another extract of dialogue from the movie script «Krampus»:
MAX
Ummm, hey Howie…
(beat; searching)
Soooooo what’d you ask Santa for
this year?
Again, the word «beat» in parenthesis is an indication for the actor.
What does the word mean in these examples? Something like «perplexed», or «baffled»?
Thank you in advance.
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#2
No, it means a slight pause.
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#3
It’s this definition of beat from our dictionary:
49. a momentary time unit imagined by an actor in timing actions: Wait four beats and then pick up the phone.
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#4
No, it means a slight pause.
Thank you. I understand now.
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It’s this definition of beat from our dictionary:
49. a momentary time unit imagined by an actor in timing actions: Wait four beats and then pick up the phone.
Thank you so much!
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Look up beat or beating in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Beat, beats or beating may refer to:
Common uses[edit]
- Assault, inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact
- Battery (crime), a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact
- Battery (tort), a civil wrong in common law of intentional harmful or offensive contact
- Corporal punishment, punishment intended to cause physical pain
- Patrol, or beat, a group of personnel assigned to monitor a specific area
- Beat (police), the territory that a police officer patrols
- Gay beat, an area frequented by gay men
- Strike (attack), repeatedly and violently striking a person or object
- Victory, success achieved in personal combat, military operations or in any competition
People[edit]
- Beat (name), a Swiss German male given name
- Jackie Beat, drag persona of Kent Fuher (born 1963)
- Aone Beats (born 1984) Nigerian record producer
- Billy Beats (1871-1936) British footballer
- Cohen Beats (Michael Cohen, born 1986), Israeli record producer
- Eno Beats (Enock Kisakye, born 1991), Ugandan record producer
- Laxio Beats (Bernard Antwi-Darko, born 1987), Ghanaian record producer
- Mizz Beats (Iman Yanee, fl. from 2004), British record producer
- Rico Beats (Ricardo Lamarre, fl. from 2004), American record producer
Arts, entertainment and media[edit]
Fictional characters[edit]
- Beat, in video game Eternal Sonata
- Beat, in the game Jet Set Radio
- Beat, in the game The World Ends with You
- Beat, a robot bird in the Mega Man series
Film[edit]
- Beat (1997 film), a South Korean action film
- Beat (1998 film), a 1998 Japanese film
- Beat (2000 film), a film about writer William Seward Burroughs
- Beat (TV series), a 2018 German thriller series
- Beats (2019 British film), based on the play by Kieran Hurley
- Beats (2019 American film), a coming-of-age drama
- Beat (filmmaking), a small amount of action resulting in a pause in dialogue
Music[edit]
Groups[edit]
- Beat (band), a Finnish band
- The Beat (British band)
- The Beat (American band)
Albums and songs[edit]
- Beat (Bowery Electric album), 1996
- Beat (King Crimson album), 1982
- «Beat» (song), by Kaela Kimura, 2005
- «Beats», a song by AJR from the 2019 album Neotheater
Music channels[edit]
- Beats Music, an Apple music streaming service
- MTV Beats, music TV channel of India
- Beat 102 103, an Irish radio station
Other uses in music[edit]
- Beat (music), the basic time in music and music theory
- Beat music, a popular music genre
- Drum beat, a rhythmic pattern
Other uses in arts, entertainment and media[edit]
- Beat, an intentional pause for emphasis in comic timing
- Beats (video game), 2007
- Unit of action, or beat, in acting
Transportation[edit]
- Beat (app), a ride-hailing app
- Beat, a model of the Daiichi Kosho Whisper paramotor
- Chevrolet Beat, a car
- Honda Beat, a car
- Honda FC50, or Honda Beat, a motor scooter
Other uses[edit]
- Beat (acoustics), an interference pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies
- Beat (charity), a British charity that supports people with eating disorders
- Beat (drink), a citrus-flavored soft drink
- Beat (fencing), a simple preparatory motion
- Beats Electronics, or Beats by Dr. Dre, an American producer of audio products
- Beat, a time unit of Swatch Internet Time, and a range of watches
- Beating against the wind, a sailing manoeuvre
See also[edit]
- All pages with titles containing Beat or Beats
- All pages with titles beginning with Beat
- The Beat (disambiguation)
- Back Beat (disambiguation)
- Beat It (disambiguation)
- Beet (disambiguation)
- Big beat (disambiguation)
- Downbeat (disambiguation)
- On the Beat (disambiguation)
- Upbeat (disambiguation)
- Beat Generation, a literary movement
- Beat reporting, a genre of journalism
- Beat ’em up, a video game genre
- Beate, a given name
- Beats International, a British dance music band and hip-hop collective
- Beetroot, or beet, or beets, a vegetable
- «Dr. Beat», a 1984 single by Miami Sound Machine
- New beat, Belgian underground music genre
- Saint-Béat, a place in Haute-Garonne, France
Punch’s eye was still glued to the opening, he saw the soldiers turn rightabout face, disappear through the open doorway, and then, _beat, beat, beat_, the sound of marching began again, this time to die slowly away, and he looked and listened till the pressure of Pen’s hand upon his arm grew almost painful. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)
I next inquired of a watchman, who said there was no place upon his beat; but _beat_ was Gaelic to me; and I repeated my inquiry to another, who directed me towards the hells of Saffron Hill. ❋ Alexander Leighton (1837)
The word beat through her brain, both a paradise and a churning storm. ❋ Gena Showalter (2010)
As we look at this picture, I don’t know if it comes across on TV, having been close to the shuttles many times, what you notice when you see them up close is how, well, you almost want to use the term beat up. ❋ Unknown (2002)
The Los Angeles Times takes a look at fun alternatives to jogging: Swiveling to the beat is all part of the fun at Hoopnotica — a company that make the hula hoop the central part of its fitness strategy. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The fact that an officer could be in a Police station at the other end of the country and as long as he was dealing with an offender that had committed an offence on his patch it was counted as being on his beat is absolutely disgusting and a very cynical way of deliberatly manipulating statistics to mislead the public. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)
For them to put together such a great run then lose guys like Afinogenov, Drury, Briere, Spacek, Connolly, Kotalik, and Paul Gaustad and bring up players from Rochester that have never played in an NHL game and not lose a beat is amazing. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Even Ira might have smiled at that one — or maybe the self-referentiality of Run DMC: This beat is my recital; ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2008)
Lets face it the beat is a punishment posting these days to be on the vulgarity of 24/7 shifts and all that goes with it is no longer any fun. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)
Jay: eh … the beat is a bit too erratic for me, and the vocals are a bit too repeditive. if they were both erratic, or both repeditive, i would have prefered it. i’ll listen to some of their other stuff, im sure they have other songs, right? ❋ Unknown (2005)
Too many crackers on the beat is apparently A Bad Thing. ❋ Laban (2005)
«I believe it is what we call a beat, Miss Morgan.» ❋ Unknown (1890)
Or at least that’s what he calls the beat-up green pickup truck he drives, worth little more than the slew of pop cans lining the floor. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In the afternoon I was still kind of beat from the suit study in the morning and I decided to not participate in any EVAs and take care of some other business. ❋ Unknown (2010)
John’s «beat» is anthropogenic global warming (AGW), although he is entirely free to write about any subject that interests him. ❋ Unknown (2009)
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) Justine Henin beat Samantha Stosur 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix on Sunday to capture her first title since coming out of retirement in January. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But then they famously «took the beat from the street and put it on TV.» ❋ Unknown (2009)
Man, I [thought] she’d [have some] hot friends, but [boy], were they beat! ❋ Alison (2002)
after [two] [games] of [football], man am beat ❋ Simon Adebisi (2003)
1. Damn that girl has a nice body but she is beat!
2. I’m gonna [beat dat] [pussy up] all night!
3. I caught him beating off in his room, so embarrasing.
4. We beat you guys [fair and square], so pay up.
5. Jamal beat up his girlfriend last night, again! ❋ Malakai Goldberg (2008)
yo [dogg], [jennifer] [let me beat] last night ❋ E.s. (2003)
[Man], this [party] is beat! ❋ Anonymous (2002)
[yo that] [girl] is beat ❋ Peeleep (2004)
I am so beat, I really [need] [to go] [to bed].
That was beat, how could he do that? ❋ F Squared (2005)
Guy #1 — [mann] you were so drunk last.
Guy #2 — Yeah man that chick you took home was beat.
Guy #3 — Okay give me some [slack], I had my [beer goggles] on. ❋ Bowski11 (2009)
This bowl is beat, lets pack another.
He [robbed] you? [Thats beat] yo.
This party is beat, lets go chill [elsewhere].
Ashley is so beat, no one likes her. ❋ A P3rson (2007)
«Yo, [pack] another bowl of [nuggets] dude this fucking [pipe] is beat» ❋ Dankster (2005)
The term “beat” is arguably the most misunderstood in music. This is evident from the disparate ways the word is used, even among music educators and professional musicians. For example, is a beat something musicians see, hear, or audiate? Directors often tell students in their ensemble to “follow the beat,” intending that the musicians see the beat being conducted and conform their playing to that beat. Those same directors may then send their students home and instruct them to practice with a metronome so that they can hear the beat while they play. At still other times, a class of students may be asked to move to the beat of a classical music selection being played, in which there are rhythms but none exactly the same as the beat, so that the child must audiate the beat and then move to the beat that is being audiated. When we stop to think about it, we can reasonably conclude that very few musicians, let alone music students, can properly define beat. This confusion comes primarily from getting things out of order.
To students for whom popular music is the only genre they encounter, a beat that is not
heard does not exist. I have heard students say many times that they do not like listening to classical music because it doesn’t have a beat. They will explain that a rap or rock song has a beat, and they will be happy to point out the drum part to prove their point. Then, they will point out that the bit of Mozart or Beethoven I just played for them has no such thing. There aren’t even any drums at all! Within the context of their definition of beat, a steady pulse that can explicitly heard in the music, they are quite right, Mozart’s symphonies have no beat. But which one of us would accept that statement as true? Of course Mozart’s symphonies have a beat. The difficulty in the student’s position is not that it is wrong–based on his assumptions in fact, it is exactly right. The difficulty is in a faulty definition of beat. If beat is present in music in which a beat cannot be explicitly heard, then it must be true that a beat is not something that has to be heard, or something that even is heard at all. Those drum beats in the rock song coincide with the beat, but are not the beat itself.
A beat in music is a series of equally spaced points in time that a listener extrapolates from the musical sounds he or she hears. Within these points of time one sound may occur, which coincides with the beat as in our rock song, or two or more sounds can occur, producing a division of the beat. The first of these sounds still coincides with the
beat, the others are divisions of the beat. At times, one of these points in time may be silent. These points of silent time are in music are called rests. There is still a beat perceived during the point of silent time, proving that a beat is not something that is heard, and a division of that point of silent time can still occur in the form of one or more sounds that precede the next beat. There are also occurrences where a note begins on a beat and has a duration that extends into one or more subsequent beats. Again, as the note is held out across multiple beats, those after the initial one are not heard but still perceived.
Rhythm is quite a different thing from beat. Rhythm is physically present in the musical sounds, beat is not. Listeners audiate beat from hearing rhythm patterns, and they audiate meter from the audiated beat. Although beat and rhythm are different, they are closely associated and dependent. This is immediately apparent if you ask a musician to play a beat without playing a rhythm. It cannot be done. Even if the musician just plays steady
identical notes on a drum, he is playing a rhythm that coincides with the beat. Rhythm patterns reveal the beat, and the meter. Whereas beat is comprised of equally spaced point in time, rhythm is comprised of sounds heard in relation to those points in time. Beyond that, there are other difference as well. Whereas the points in time that are the beat are equally spaced, the sounds from which a rhythm is created can be equally spaced, but are most frequently of varying durations. This is most easily stated by saying that beat is steady whereas rhythm changes.
The trouble we run into hear is that in common usage a hip hop beat is actually a rhythm. We see this misuse frequently in marketing of composing technology. Just Google “hip hop beat” and you will find dozens of beat making items, all of them generating or providing rhythms typical of the rap genre. It is probably one of those battles that is unwinnable, but students should at least understand that when discussing types of music
other than rap, a beat is a different thing. With some careful and focused listening, students can in fact hear a true beat to which has been added the characteristic rap rhythms that all together form the “beat.” It is also valuable to show students a video of a rapper rapping. Have them observe the body movements of the rapper, especially his hands. They are often moving to a beat, but never to the rhythm of the rap. This visually portrays the difference between beat and rhythm: the beat coincides with the rappers physical movements, while the rhythm is heard in the words being rapped.
Let me conclude by returning to our music director who asks his players to follow the beat they see him conducting. If beat is audiated from rhythm, how can an ensemble play to a beat where no rhythm is heard? The players in actuality cannot “follow” a visual representation of a beat. They must audiate the rhythms they are about to play, and then the beat from the audiated rhythms. The conductor’s gestures may serve as a stimulus for audiation, but they cannot in and of themselves, produce a beat from the ensemble. This is why so many conductors have so much trouble getting student ensembles to follow them; they are asking the students to do the impossible. Professional musicians can overcome this by relying on their knowledge of the music and their audiating skills, but student musicians cannot, and so do not play with the desired beat until it is at last drilled into them after many taxing attempts. The best way to get students to play with a particular beat is to teach them the rhythms involved first, and then allow them to audiate the beat from the rhythms.
Music can stimulate feelings and transform the atmosphere of the mind. Several elements collectively form this music.
And each different arrangement of these elements creates different music. Every culture and musician labels their music differently.
Some sounds are soothing, whereas some are emotional. Numerous forms can transform music, but the base will always be this beat and rhythm.
In musical theory, every beat and rhythm contribute to shaping the music.
Key Takeaways
- The beat is the basic unit of time in music, providing a steady pulse.
- Rhythm is the pattern of sound and silence within the beat structure.
- Beats create a foundation for rhythm, which adds variation and complexity to the music.
The beat is the underlying pulse of a piece of music that creates a sense of time and movement. It is usually heard as a consistent pattern of accents or pulses evenly spaced throughout the piece. Rhythm is the arrangement of sounds and silences within the beat into smaller time units.
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Rhythm represents the flow of something in the same interval repeatedly. This can be anything in nature or the surrounding, which repeats itself over a period.
The rising of the sun has a rhythm. This incident repeats itself, maintaining a specific time interval between the upcoming occurrence.
The beat is the unit that represents the time a particular rhythm should occur. If the tempo of any beat is high, then the distance between consecutive beats will decrease.
A specific melodic line has 10 beats, then any rhythm of any length will repeat 1p tines only.
Comparison Table
| Parameters of Comparison | Beat | Rhythm |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The beat is the fundamental unit of a period in music. | A rhythm is the time length between each significant accent. |
| Types | There are 4 types, i.e., down-beat, up-beat, stressed beat, and non-stressed beat. | There are 5 types, i.e., random rhythm, regular rhythm, alternating rhythm, flowing rhythm, and progressive rhythm. |
| Elements | A beat comprises kick, a snare, high-frequency percussion sounds, and a bass and melodic element. | A rhythm comprises tempo, content, and quality. |
| Variations | A beat is non-changeable. | A rhythm is changeable. |
| Examples | The beating of the heart is an example of a beat. | The change of seasons follows a rhythm. |
What is Beat?
In simple words, a beat is a basic unit. It is a unit to denote the specific time of a piece of music.
Beats of music help to synchronize the other elements of music; without beats, musicians cannot count the notes played.
The beat is the basis for any music. While creating any song, the beat decides how the music should flow.
The song has sounds created by melody and harmony, but beats build the rhythm and manipulate the tempo of the music.
While listening to any song, people started clapping. They don’t notice, but they are meeting the beats of that song.
Most of the songs are played by percussion instruments. Beats are considered percussion and drums, so beats must be in all the songs.
Further, these beats are combined and divided, and we can specify these forms by a meter. A duple meter, a triple meter, is formed according to the combinations of beats.
The splitting and division of beats also decide the meter like simple and compound.
For creating beats in music, musicians now use Digital Audio Workstation. The arrangement of beats that form enjoyable music has balanced repetition and variation.
Beats also consist of elements, including the complete beats used for music creation.
What is Rhythm?
Rhythm is a periodic recurring pattern of beats with specific beats at a particular time. The sense of rhythm can be clarified as the interval or space between the repeated elements.
After understanding the rhythm, one can create great melodies and harmonies as the knowledge of rhythm and its application in tracks is necessary to understand for forming harmonies and melodies.
Rhythms decide the placement of different elements of music. If we closely observe the traditional Western music, or even modern ones, rhythm works as a binding element of musical batter.
The temp beats category notes the performance of rhythms comprised to form the music. Two major beats of a track have a specific time gap, and if we get the length of this time in between them, we can find the track’s rhythm.
Consider some facts, and rhythm is not only bounded by music only.
Tides in the sea, our heartbeats, sleeping habits, and even poetry show rhythm as everything among these elements has patterns repeated periodically. The origin of rhythm is from the Greek language.
The word ‘rhythms’ is the genesis of rhythm, which means ‘to flow.’ It connects its meaning with music and several other periodic flows with time.
Main Differences Between Beat and Rhythm
- The beat is an entity of acoustics and musicology. But, the rhythm has broader aspects such as in day-to-day activities, environment, etc.
- The beat is again categorized into 4 types. In comparison, rhythm is again divided into 5 categories.
- The balanced pulsing in the melody, like the heart’s beats; But, the rhythm is the time signature of the notes of a song or music.
- Beats required 6 elements to create. They are a kick, melodic element, a snare, high-frequency percussion sounds, and bass. But, rhythm required different elements like content, quality, and tempo.
- Beats can not be changed, but the rhythm is a changing parameter.
References
- https://direct.mit.edu/jocn/article-abstract/19/5/893/4337
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01213.x
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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BEAT
Old English bēatan; related to Old Norse bauta, Old High German bōzan.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
PRONUNCIATION OF BEAT
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEAT
Beat is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.
See the conjugation of the verb beat in English.
WHAT DOES BEAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of beat in the English dictionary
The first definition of beat in the dictionary is when intr, often foll by against, on, etc to strike with or as if with a series of violent blows; dash or pound repeatedly. Other definition of beat is to punish by striking; flog. Beat is also to move or cause to move up and down; flap.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BEAT
PRESENT
Present
I beat
you beat
he/she/it beats
we beat
you beat
they beat
Present continuous
I am beating
you are beating
he/she/it is beating
we are beating
you are beating
they are beating
Present perfect
I have beaten
you have beaten
he/she/it has beaten
we have beaten
you have beaten
they have beaten
Present perfect continuous
I have been beating
you have been beating
he/she/it has been beating
we have been beating
you have been beating
they have been beating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I beat
you beat
he/she/it beat
we beat
you beat
they beat
Past continuous
I was beating
you were beating
he/she/it was beating
we were beating
you were beating
they were beating
Past perfect
I had beaten
you had beaten
he/she/it had beaten
we had beaten
you had beaten
they had beaten
Past perfect continuous
I had been beating
you had been beating
he/she/it had been beating
we had been beating
you had been beating
they had been beating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will beat
you will beat
he/she/it will beat
we will beat
you will beat
they will beat
Future continuous
I will be beating
you will be beating
he/she/it will be beating
we will be beating
you will be beating
they will be beating
Future perfect
I will have beaten
you will have beaten
he/she/it will have beaten
we will have beaten
you will have beaten
they will have beaten
Future perfect continuous
I will have been beating
you will have been beating
he/she/it will have been beating
we will have been beating
you will have been beating
they will have been beating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would beat
you would beat
he/she/it would beat
we would beat
you would beat
they would beat
Conditional continuous
I would be beating
you would be beating
he/she/it would be beating
we would be beating
you would be beating
they would be beating
Conditional perfect
I would have beat
you would have beat
he/she/it would have beat
we would have beat
you would have beat
they would have beat
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been beating
you would have been beating
he/she/it would have been beating
we would have been beating
you would have been beating
they would have been beating
Conditional or «future-in-the-past» tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you beat
we let´s beat
you beat
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
beating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEAT
Synonyms and antonyms of beat in the English dictionary of synonyms
SYNONYMS OF «BEAT»
The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «beat» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Translation of «beat» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF BEAT
Find out the translation of beat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of beat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beat» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
敲打
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
ritmo
570 millions of speakers
English
beat
510 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
हरा
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
نَبْضَة
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
ритм
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
batida
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
বীট
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
rythme
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
Mengalahkan
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
Schlag
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
打つこと
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
박자
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Ngalahake
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
nhịp
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
அடிக்க
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
विजय
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
dövmek
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
battito
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Polish
uderzenie
50 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
ритм
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
cadență
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
χτύπος
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
klop
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
takt
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
rytme
5 millions of speakers
Trends of use of beat
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEAT»
The term «beat» is very widely used and occupies the 2.838 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of beat
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «beat».
FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEAT» OVER TIME
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about beat
10 QUOTES WITH «BEAT»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word beat.
Having a dance background, I became used to rejection at an early age. Dance is very competitive, especially for a sensitive person like me. But I realized it’s better not to take it so seriously. If you beat yourself up, it’s hard to keep going.
If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.
I think I was more or less, convinced of that by just the press, the US press. By people who were pressuring you, saying that you gotta beat the Russian’s, if you don’t win anything else, win the Russian meet and so forth.
Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that’s smaller than you and you beat them, where’s the honor in that?
A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm.
I always admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact that he managed to beat the system somehow. I think he kind of had it all figured out.
Italians can not beat us, but we can certainly lose against them.
I love to compete. To me, business is the ultimate sport. It’s always on. There is always someone trying to beat me.
Yeah, I know I’m ugly… I said to a bartender, ‘Make me a zombie.’ He said ‘God beat me to it.’
There’s stuff I don’t like to rehearse, really emotional things, I don’t like to rehearse. You just beat it to death.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEAT»
Discover the use of beat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Beat Book: Writings from the Beat Generation
The Beat Movement that emerged in the early 1950s was not just another literary genre, but a literary and social revolution.
The most comprehensive photography collection of the people, players and friends of the Beat era in American literature.
3
The Beat Generation in San Francisco: A Literary Tour
The ultimate literary guide to San Francisco, packed with fabulous photos and scintillating anecdotes.
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Beat the Odds in Forex Trading: How to Identify and Profit …
In this book, skilled currencies trader and trainer Igor Toshchakov (L.
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The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the …
Meticulously researched and vividly rendered, The Race Beat is an extraordinary account of one of the most calamitous periods in our nation’s history, as told by those who covered it. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Gene Roberts, Hank Klibanoff, 2008
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Beat Sugar Addiction Now!: The Cutting-Edge Program That …
In this groundbreaking book, nationally recognized physician Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum uncovers four types of sugar addiction and gives a step-by-step plan for resolving their underlying causes, breaking sugar cravings forever, and achieving …
Jacob Teitelbaum, Chrystle Fiedler, 2010
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Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder
Always harmful and potentially deadly, eating disorders can wreak havoc on families. This powerful and controversial book by top researchers argues that parents are not the culprits but the key to their teen’s recovery.
James Lock, Daniel Le Grange, 2005
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Women of the Beat Generation: The Writers, Artists and Muses …
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Beat Culture: Lifestyles, Icons, and Impact
The coverage of this book ranges from Jack Kerouac’s tales of freedom-seeking Bohemian youth to the frenetic paintings of Jackson Pollock, including 60 years of the Beat Generation and the artists of the Age of Spontaneity.
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The Smart Money: How the World’s Best Sports Bettors Beat …
A tour of the lucrative world of high-stakes sports betting reveals how a small coterie of professional gamblers became wealthy by beating the Vegas lines and exploiting the offshore betting circuit.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEAT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beat is used in the context of the following news items.
United States wins third Women’s World Cup title, beats Japan on …
In the 3rd minute, Lloyd beat Japan defender Azusa Iwashimizu to the ball on Megan Rapinoe’s corner kick, and two minutes later Lloyd beat … «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
Police: Boy dies after his mother’s boyfriend beat him for eating cake
A 9-year-old boy has died after his mother’s boyfriend beat him for eating a piece of birthday cake without permission, police said. The boy was … «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Sale’s strikeout streak ends as Sox beat Jays 4-2
CHICAGO — Chris Sale’s bid for a record strikeout streak ended, but he pitched a six-hitter that led the Chicago White Sox past the Toronto Blue … «CTV News, Jul 15»
Suarez’s homer breaks deadlock, Reds beat Nationals 3-2
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eugenio Suarez could only watch and hope as the baseball headed toward the left-field foul pole. »My first reaction was … «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
That Welterweight Title Mayweather Won When He Beat Pacquiao …
The World Boxing Organization has stripped Floyd Mayweather Jr. of the welterweight world title he earned two months ago, when he defeated … «TIME, Jul 15»
Get the Free K-Pop streaming app ‘BEAT‘ and listen to your idols …
The ‘BEAT‘ app, created by ‘The Beatpacking Company,’ is notably the easiest and the fastest way to stream your favorite K-Pop songs and … «allkpop, Jul 15»
Trio beat, rob man in schoolyard
Hamilton Police are investigating a robbery after three males assaulted a man after asking him for a cigarette. The victim was walking through a … «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
Moonee Ponds police shooting: For cops on the beat, anything can …
Moonee Ponds police shooting: For cops on the beat, anything can happen. Date: July 7, 2015 — 11:03AM. (29); Read later … «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
A cute little girl beat up dinosaurs at the box office this weekend
“Terminator Genisys» and “Magic Mike XXL» both came in well below projections based on advance audience surveys for the long July Fourth … «New York Post, Jul 15»
Serena Williams favourite to beat Venus but form may bring sisters …
World No1 Serena Williams was far from perfect in coming back to beat Heather Watson, whereas her sister Venus is yet to drop a set this … «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Banks may come, go, or merge–but nothing beats spending time with family and friends.
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Will Johnson, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
Step 2In stand mixer, beat butter on medium until smooth and creamy, 1 minute.
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They were beaten by six, 13, 18 and seven points. …
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In typical fashion, Seeling beat the odds and returned for the season opener March 21.
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El Paso eventually beat Sacramento 8-5.
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—Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
She’s been on the health beat since 2006 (minus a nine-month stint covering Mayor Gavin Newsom).
—Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2023
An imam leading a prayer during Ramadan at a mosque in Algeria didn’t miss a beat when a cat began climbing on him.
—Zulekha Nathoo, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
Greg Luca is the UTSA beat reporter and general assignment reporter for the San Antonio Express-News.
—Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Apr. 2023
Chase Elliott is still out with a broken leg, and replacement driver Josh Berry finished a career-best second on Sunday, with Hendrick not missing a beat despite all its distractions.
—Jenna Fryer, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
The players Top 10 Stat line Austin Roest EVT 2 goals, 1 assist Didn’t miss a beat in his return after 8 games out.
—Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2023
Big shots: On the tribute band beat, Mizner Park Amphitheater in Boca Raton will offer an homage to one-time tour mates Elton John and Billy Joel on Friday.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
Apart from his new major label deal, AG Baby flexes his co-sign from Oluwa (which means God in Yoruba) and his riches on the vivacious beat, co-produced by Kel-P and Monro, which ensures the vibes are not just immaculate but also eternal.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2023
Deputy District Attorney John McKinney discusses his own campaign against George Gascon Critics note Gascon, who has worked in California law enforcement for decades, has never tried a case himself or been a beat cop while a member of the Los Angeles Police Department.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 30 Mar. 2023
His body had become so beat up that coaches kept him out of practice for stretches.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
For instance, solar micro inverter maker Enphase Energy ENPH -0.5% saw revenue top estimates rising by 75% year-over-year to $724.65 million, while solar panel manufacturer First Solar FSLR +0.9% too beat earnings estimates.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
Arradondo, a South Minneapolis native, began his career in 1989 as a beat officer on the city’s predominantly Black north side, joining the department at a time when there were few Black officers in the ranks.
—Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2021
The key to making real money is licensing a beat multiple times.
—Lily Moayeri, Variety, 2 Dec. 2022
Reporting knowledge of specific game strategy is a no-no for a beat reporter.
—oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2022
He’s handled that well, leaning on those ex-beat reporter’s instincts to quickly identify angles and story lines.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022
The reason these heart-music mappings work is because abnormal heart rhythms tend to form simple inter-beat-interval ratios.
—Grace Leslie, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2021
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Defenition of the word beat
- A rhythmic pulsation of the heart.
- A pulsation or throb.
- To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- To exceed in quality, capacity and virtue.
- To end in success a struggle or contest.
- Speed degree during a certain part of a song rhythm.
- To give a beating to; subject to a punishment or an act of aggression.
- The sound of stroke or blow.
- (informal) very tired; «was all in at the end of the day»; «so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere»; «bushed after all that exercise»; «I’m dead after that long trip»
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- a stroke or blow; «the signal was two beats on the steam pipe»
- a regular rate of repetition; «the cox raised the beat»
- the sound of stroke or blow; «he heard the beat of a drum»
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- hit repeatedly; «beat on the door»; «beat the table with his shoe»
- strike (a part of one’s own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; «beat one’s breast»; «beat one’s foot rhythmically»
- shape by beating; «beat swords into ploughshares»
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly: «beat the drum»
- make by pounding or trampling; «beat a path through the forest»
- indicate by beating; as with the fingers or drumsticks; «Beat the rhythm»
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty; «The boat beat in the strong wind»
- glare or strike with great intensity; «The sun was beating down on us»
- be superior: «Reading beats watching television»; «This sure beats work!»
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; «Agassi beat Becker in tennsi championship»; «We beat the competition»; «Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game»
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; «Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night»; «The teacher used to beat the students»
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman; «in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name»
- move with a flapping motion; «The bird’s wings were flapping»
- move with a thrashing motion; «The bird flapped its wings»; «The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky»
- move rhythmically; «Her heart was beating fast»
- stir vigorously; «beat the egg whites»; beat the cream»
- deprive somebody of something by deceit; «The con-man beat me out of $50»; «This salesman ripped us off!»; «we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme»
- make a rhythmic sound: «Rain drummed against the windshield»; «The drums beat all night»
- wear out completely; «This kind of work exhausts me»; «I’m beat»
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- beat through cleverness and wit; «I beat the traffic»; «She outfoxed her competitors»
- be a mystery or bewildering to: «This beats me!» «Got me—I don’t know the answer!»
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; «he could feel the beat of her heart»
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; «the piece has a fast rhythm»; «the conductor set the beat»
- make a sound like a clock or a timer; «the clocks were ticking»; «the grandfather clock beat midnight»
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- wear out completely; «This kind of work exhausts me»; «I»m beat»; «He was all washed up after the exam»
- be a mystery or bewildering to; «This beats me!»; «Got me—I don»t know the answer!»; «a vexing problem»; «This question really stuck me»
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; «Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship»; «We beat the competition»; «Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game»
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- strike (a part of one»s own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; «beat one»s breast»; «beat one»s foot rhythmically»
- stir vigorously; «beat the egg whites»; «beat the cream»
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; «beat the drum»
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; «the city pulsated with music and excitement»
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; «Beat the rhythm»
- move with a flapping motion; «The bird»s wings were flapping»
- make a rhythmic sound; «Rain drummed against the windshield»; «The drums beat all night»
- avoid paying; «beat the subway fare»
- be superior; «Reading beats watching television»; «This sure beats work!»
- a stroke or blow
- a regular rate of repetition
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- the sound of stroke or blow
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- wear out completely
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- beat through cleverness and wit
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- hit repeatedly
- strike (a part of one’s own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- stir vigorously
- shape by beating
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- make by pounding or trampling
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- move rhythmically
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- move with a flapping motion
- move with a thrashing motion
- glare or strike with great intensity
- make a rhythmic sound
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- avoid paying
- be superior
- very tired
Synonyms for the word beat
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- all in
- amaze
- baffle
- beat out
- beat up
- beatnik
- bewilder
- bunk
- bushed
- cadence
- cheat
- circuit
- circumvent
- crush
- dead
- drum
- dumbfound
- exhaust
- flap
- flummox
- get
- gravel
- heartbeat
- measure
- meter
- metre
- musical rhythm
- mystify
- nonplus
- outfox
- outsmart
- outwit
- overreach
- perplex
- pose
- pound
- pulsate
- pulsation
- pulse
- puzzle
- quiver
- rhythm
- rip off
- round
- scramble
- sell short
- shell
- stick
- stupefy
- stupify
- thrum
- thump
- tick
- ticktack
- ticktock
- trounce
- tucker
- tucker out
- vanquish
- vex
- wash up
- work over
Similar words in the beat
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- figure out
- lick
- puzzle out
- puzzle over
- solve
- tired
- work
Meronymys for the word beat
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- beat generation
- beatniks
- beats
Hyponyms for the word beat
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- backbeat
- baste
- bastinado
- bat
- bate
- batter
- beat
- beat out
- beetle
- belabor
- belabour
- best
- cane
- catalexis
- cheat
- checkmate
- chicane
- chouse
- clap
- clobber
- coldcock
- common measure
- common meter
- cream
- deck
- diastole
- downbeat
- drub
- dump
- eliminate
- elude
- escape
- exceed
- flail
- flap
- flog
- floor
- flutter
- foot
- forge
- frazzle
- full
- get over
- get the best
- get the jump
- hammer
- have the best
- immobilise
- immobilize
- jockey
- kayo
- kill
- knock cold
- knock down
- knock out
- lam
- lambast
- lambaste
- larrup
- lash
- lather
- lick
- master
- mate
- metrical foot
- metrical unit
- mix up
- mop up
- offbeat
- outdo
- outfight
- outflank
- outgo
- outmatch
- outperform
- outplay
- outpoint
- outscore
- outstrip
- overcome
- overmaster
- overpower
- overwhelm
- paddle
- palpitate
- paste
- pip
- pistol-whip
- play
- pounding
- pulsate
- pulse
- rack up
- riddle
- rough up
- rout
- scansion
- scoop
- screw
- shaft
- slash
- soak
- spank
- spread-eagle
- spreadeagle
- strap
- strong-arm
- stump
- subdue
- surmount
- surpass
- syncopation
- systole
- tap out
- thrash
- thresh
- throb
- throbbing
- thump out
- trounce
- trump
- upbeat
- walk over
- welt
- whang
- whip
- whisk
- whomp
- worst
Hypernyms for the word beat
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- agitate
- be
- beat
- bedevil
- befuddle
- cheat
- chisel
- commove
- confound
- confuse
- create
- defeat
- discombobulate
- displace
- disturb
- exceed
- fag
- fag out
- fatigue
- forge
- form
- fox
- fuddle
- get the better of
- glare
- go
- itinerary
- jade
- make
- mold
- mould
- move
- musical time
- nonconformist
- oscillation
- outdo
- outgo
- outmatch
- outperform
- outstrip
- outwear
- overcome
- pace
- path
- periodic event
- play
- play on
- poetic rhythm
- prosody
- raise up
- rate
- recurrent event
- recusant
- rhythmic pattern
- rip off
- route
- sail
- sailing
- shake up
- shape
- sound
- stir
- stir up
- strike
- stroke
- surmount
- surpass
- throw
- tire
- tire out
- toss
- vex
- vibration
- victimise
- victimize
- wear
- wear down
- wear out
- wear upon
- weary
- work
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